On February 14th, 2008, The European Commission updated Volume 4 EU Guidelines to Good Manufacturing Practice Medicinal Products for Human and Veterinary Use, Annex 1: Manufacture of Sterile Medicinal Products. This update comes into operation on March 1st, 2009. All of our particle counters are in complience with this new policy. (With the provisions on capping of freeze- dried vials implemented by March 1st, 2010)